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5 people stand together at the CinefestOz film festival in Busselton.

Oz screen industry winning big

Nov 12, 2025
WA recently celebrated the best of Australian film making with the biggest national film prize being awarded during the CinefestOz film festival in Busselton.

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5 people stand together at the CinefestOz film festival in Busselton.

Oz screen industry winning big

12 November 2025
WA recently celebrated the best of Australian film making with the biggest national film prize being awarded during the CinefestOz film festival in Busselton.
Mark Coles Smith as Detective Jay Swan in Mystery Road Origin 2, stands in a South West forest

Mystery Road: Origin production a boost for WA screen industry

27 November 2024

Media release

The critically acclaimed and multi-award-winning television series Mystery Road: Origin returns to the State to film its second season with production underway in the South West.
A film crew on an outdoor production set

Applications open for screen industry capacity building program

8 November 2024

Media release

Screenwest has launched its new Targeted Industry Capacity Building Program, which aims to fast-track growth in key sectors of the Western Australian screen industry to better service growing production levels in the State.
Montage of 8 actors taken from movie stills

West Coast Visions initiative funding boost

4 October 2024

Media release

Screenwest has announced its highly coveted West Coast Visions initiative is now worth $1.5 million thanks to an increase in funding.

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